Dash-board



(No Model.)

W. OALLAWAY.

DASH BOARD.

No. 264,240. Patented Sept. 12, 1882.

INVENTOR WITNESSES Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM OALLAWAY, OF WALNUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY 13..

PERSHING, OF PLYMOUTH, INDIANA.

DASH-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,240, dated September 12, 1882.

Application filed July 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CALL-AWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Web nut, in the county of Marshall and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dash-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the frames.

The present invention has relation to that class of dash-boards in which the leather is clamped and held between two metal frames; and the object of the present invention is to provide a means whereby the leather is more firmly secured and held in place when the metal frames are brought together against the leather around its edges, so that'it will draw the same taut, and thus form a dash-board in which the leather will remain in the position held without slacking or tearing from its fastenings. These objects I attain by the construction substantially as shown in thedrawingsand hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

0 In the accompanying drawings, A B represent two castmietal frames, between which the leather 0 is held, the frame A being cast ,withsuitablehandles,a. TheframeB hasupon its inner face ribs I), extending around the four 5 sides, and the central vertical brace, 0, these ribs fitting correspondingly-formed grooves, d, upon the inner face of the frame A, said frame having pins 6, which fit in countersinks fin the frame B. When theleather is placed between o-- the frames AB, and the said frames brought together, the ribs 1) upon the frame 13 cause the leather to be forced down into the grooves d upon the frame A, thereby drawing it taut and making a firm dash-board, while at the same time thepins 6 upon the frame A clamp 5 the leather in thecountersinksfupon the frame B, and thus firmly hold and prevent the same from sagging without danger of its being torn or split, as the pins do not pierce the leather, but only force it'down into the countersinks. The frame A is provided at its upper end with an overlapping bead, g, which, when the frames are brought together, laps over the upper edge of the frameB to form an even joint and finish to the dash-board without the use ofa separate beading, the lower portions of the frames being brought together and held by ordinary bolts and nuts or rivets.

Having now fully described my invention, what Iclaiin as new,and desire to secure by Let- 6o ters Patent, is-- 1. In a dash-board, the frame A, having grooves d and pins 6, in combination with the frame B, provided with the ribs 1) and conntersinksf, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame A, having grooves 01 and overlapping bead g, of the frame B, having ribs b, and the leather 0, substantially as and for the purpose specified. 7o

3. In a dash-board, the frame A, provided with an overlapping bead, g, upon its upper end, grooves 01, and pins e,in combination with the frame 13, having ribs 1) and countersinks said frames being bolted or riveted together 7 5 at their lower ends, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

. WILLIAM GALLAWAY.

Witnesses:

J OHN S. BENDER, SAMUEL PARKER. 

